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Health informatics

Leveraging data from wearable medical devices

Diabetes, and other chronic conditions like cancer or cardiovascular disease, require a lifetime of management.

Sep 9, 2022

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Health

Diet change may make biggest impact on reducing heart risk in people with hypertension

Among several lifestyle changes that may reduce cardiovascular disease, adopting the DASH (Dietary Approaches to Stop Hypertension) diet may have the greatest impact for young and middle-aged adults with stage 1 hypertension, ...

Sep 7, 2022

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Cardiology

Boosting duration, intensity and frequency of physical activity may lower heart failure risk

A six-year analysis of more than 94,000 adults in the U.K. Biobank with no history of heart failure at enrollment has found that engaging in moderate or vigorous physical activity may lower the risk of developing heart failure, ...

Aug 29, 2022

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Gerontology & Geriatrics

Helping older adults stay safe and independent

Smartwatches and Fitbits are great for tracking movement, but they weren't designed for the type of people for whom collecting movement data is arguably most important: older adults who use mobility aids like walkers.

Aug 18, 2022

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Medical research

Physical activity stimulates the generation of new heart muscle cells in aged mice

Can physical activity support the generation of heart muscle cells (cardiomyocytes) even in aged animals? Researchers at Heidelberg University Hospital (UKHD) together with a team of international collaborators demonstrated ...

Aug 9, 2022

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Medical research

Scientists revive cells and organs in dead pigs

Scientists announced Wednesday they have restored blood flow and cell function throughout the bodies of pigs that were dead for an hour, in a breakthrough experts say could mean we need to update the definition of death itself.

Aug 7, 2022

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Cardiology

What parents can do to protect kids from heart disease

The consequences of heart disease often don't show up until someone is well into adulthood. Why should busy parents be thinking about it in their kids?

Aug 4, 2022

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Medical research

Newly developed technology restores cell, organ function in pigs after death

Within minutes of the final heartbeat, a cascade of biochemical events triggered by a lack of blood flow, oxygen, and nutrients begins to destroy a body's cells and organs. But a team of Yale scientists has found that massive ...

Aug 3, 2022

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